ANOTHER healthcare worker has been brought back to the UK and was taken to a hospital in Newcastle after potential contact with the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone.

The worker was transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary for assessment earlier on Monday and has already been discharged, Public Health England (PHE) said.

Meanwhile doctors in London are continuing to treat a female military healthcare worker who tested positive for the deadly virus last week.

The servicewoman was evacuated to the UK by RAF plane on Thursday and is being treated in a high-level isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) in Hampstead. No updates have been provided about her condition.

Four colleagues who came into contact with her were also tested for the virus and evacuated from the west African country.

Three were discharged after being assessed at the RFH and Royal Victoria Infirmary, where one remains under observation.

A civilian healthcare worker is also being treated at the RFH after potentially being exposed to Ebola via a needle-stick breach of the personal protective equipment that is worn when treating patients.

PHE said the latest individual to be brought back has not been diagnosed with Ebola and does not currently have any symptoms.

After being discharged they will now be monitored in quarantine for the remainder of their 21-day incubation period, in line with PHE's standard procedures for returning healthcare workers.

Dr Isabel Oliver, PHE's Ebola incident lead, said: "The overall risk to the general public from Ebola remains very low.

"We are confident all appropriate public health actions have been taken to support this individual and to protect the public's health.

"The courage shown by every volunteer, in helping those affected in West Africa and working to prevent the spread of Ebola any wider, should be recognised."

The outbreak has been raging for more than a year, with Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia the worst-affected countries.

It has killed more than 10,000 people but the epidemic has shown signs of slowing down in recent months.

Up to 700 British military personnel are currently deployed in Sierra Leone to aid theEbola effort.

Nurses Pauline Cafferkey and Will Pooley - the only other Britons to have tested positive for the disease - were also treated at the RFH and both made full recoveries.